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Jan 7, 2012 at 11:30 PM
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Alright, so the verification questions we had before weren't really related to Cave Story and the spambots were getting though the ones we had, so I'd like to propose throwing them out and getting some cave story related ones in. They need to be questions that can be answered early on in the game. I should also note that it is possible (and usually expected) to have multiple answers (or multiple variations of an answer) for a single question.
 
Jan 7, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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What is the first gun that you get in the game? Polar Star.
Who is Sue captured by? Igor
What did Sue give Toroko? Pendeant, Silver Pendeant, Fish Pendeant
 
Jan 7, 2012 at 11:58 PM
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Well I think they should either be easier (What are the rabbit-people in Cave Story called) or harder (f(x) = 2x4 + 13x3 + 20x2 + 28x + 8, find the y intersect).
You know, to keep out the riffraff.
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 12:06 AM
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X intercept would be more interesting.
Also we should ask questions the internet can't answer.
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 12:19 AM
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This is a really dumb idea for an obscure question, but "what animal do the tiles in grasstown look like". Owls, obviously. I don't think the internet can answer that really.
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 1:45 AM
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I think they should be of the form:

"The first gun you get in Cave Story belongs to the Hermit Gunsmith. Who's gun is the first gun you get in Cave Story?"
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 1:51 AM
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Jan 8, 2012 at 2:05 AM
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waRFHndbhgISFUHBndfjbhn you should look harder.

Also, how about
"The pendant given to you by Toroko is in the shape of which animal?" <fish>
"On what animal does Sue wish to escape?" <dragon>
"Curly Brace offers to trade you her ______ Gun." <machine>
"What rabbitlike race populates the caves?" <mimiga>
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 4:05 AM
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'Who made Cave Story?'

'What is the name of Jenka's daughter'

'Who is number one in Mimiga Village?'
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 4:10 AM
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Whose team are you on?

Correct answers:
Team Noxid
Taem Noxid

It would be a great way to separate the superiors and inferiors among fledgling members.
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 4:18 AM
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No. No guys. The purpose of this is not to filter out people who do not know everything about Cave Story. It's to stop spambots from joining and to emphasize that people should be familiar with Cave Story. Don't suggest anything that can't be answered by playing Cave Story for 15 minutes last August.
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 4:25 AM
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Wild Desu said:
He was doing a "pick the correct spelling" thing. Which is really, really stupid.

I mean really.
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I wasn't trying to. I put both correct and incorrect spellings as correct answers, didn't I? :hoppy:
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 4:31 AM
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I thought my questions were fairly simple. Why not mix complex ones with generic ones, and have a refresh button? That would stump spambots.
 
Jan 8, 2012 at 4:35 AM
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We should have an invisible field that you can't see in a browser along the lines of "Fill this in if you're a machine" and if a spambot submits data for it then reject the registration :debug:
I dunno if you can actually do that but eh...
 
Jan 9, 2012 at 2:27 AM
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Captain Fabulous said:
No. No guys. The purpose of this is not to filter out people who do not know everything about Cave Story. It's to stop spambots from joining and to emphasize that people should be familiar with Cave Story. Don't suggest anything that can't be answered by playing Cave Story for 15 minutes last August.
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Very much this.

Noxid said:
We should have an invisible field that you can't see in a browser along the lines of "Fill this in if you're a machine" and if a spambot submits data for it then reject the registration :debug:
I dunno if you can actually do that but eh...
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You could in any other scenario, but it is not feasible for forum software since any spambot specifically targeting IPB forums will ignore it.
 
Jan 9, 2012 at 2:51 AM
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Fill in the blank:
Cave ____.


Also, have you considered using one of those neato picture things? It'll just have a little drawing of a cat or something, and it will ask "what animal is this?" Because Spambots and Heuristics don't mix.
We could do it with a Mimiga or something if you really want it Cave Story related.
 
Jan 9, 2012 at 2:55 AM
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cultr1 said:
Also, have you considered using one of those neato picture things? It'll just have a little drawing of a cat or something, and it will ask "what animal is this?" Because Spambots and Heuristics don't mix.
We could do it with a Mimiga or something if you really want it Cave Story related.
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This. With Ame.
 
Jan 9, 2012 at 3:06 AM
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cultr1 said:
Fill in the blank:
Cave ____.


Also, have you considered using one of those neato picture things? It'll just have a little drawing of a cat or something, and it will ask "what animal is this?" Because Spambots and Heuristics don't mix.
We could do it with a Mimiga or something if you really want it Cave Story related.
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Those are both good ideas IMO.

Perhaps one query could be along the lines of "Cave Story is present on many platforms. Name one of the platforms you can play Cave Story on." Correct answers would be Wii/WiiWare, DSi/DSiWare, PC, Steam, Mac, 3DS/Nintendo 3DS, PSP, Linux etc.
 
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